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long-neck giant
Suuwassea
Say it like this: “SOO-oo-WAH-see-uh”
Suuwassea emilieae
Suuwassea ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2004 · Harris, J. D.; Dodson, P.
- Hip height
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 5 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Morrison
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Dicraeosauridae
The story in short
Suuwassea was formally named in 2004 by J. D. Harris and P. Dodson. The name means “the first thunder heard in spring.”
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Morrison Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Suuwassea at a length near 15 m, hips about 3 m high, and a body mass around 5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Dicraeosauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.